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The Next Wave of Climate Tech

Revolution

As investors who bet on those entrepreneurs and the industry-transforming startups they’re building, VCs have a unique perspective on what “investing in the planet” looks like at scale. What does investing in our planet mean to you as a venture capitalist vs. as a consumer? “As Here’s what they had to say. “As

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As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

TechCrunch

Ed Cowan is an investment team member at TDM Growth Partners , a global investment firm with offices currently in Sydney and New York. The company is driving change in the industry through the open sourcing of materials for others to benefit, and in doing so, is becoming the industry’s standard bearer on sustainability practices.

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Are CSR and Sustainability the New Magnets for Top Talent?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

CSR and sustainability can be viewed as new magnets for talent. Forbes has reported that millennials “put an emphasis on corporate social responsibility, have a great reverence for the environment, place higher worth on acquiring experiences than material things, and are adept at building communities around shared interests.”.

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San Diego Angel Conference Awards Ecodrive $300K Top Funding Prize

American Entrepreneurship

Four startup finalists pitched to an audience of entrepreneurs and angel investors For the sixth consecutive year the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC), held at the University of San Diego, made sizeable investments into two startup finalists of its four-month-long program. Most important is the verification that Ecodrive conducts.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City.

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Climate Table Stakes

Revolution

Major corporate players like Ford, GM, Unilever, and others have also made investing in climate technologies a core aspect of their business. The impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will be transformative and reveal whether meaningful government investment can really move the needle when it comes to emissions.

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Newtopia closes first fund of $50M to invest in LatAm startups

TechCrunch

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage to help them achieve the milestones needed on the path to raising a Series A. We aim to help entrepreneurs in those stages.

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